TORONTO, Feb. 25, 2021 /CNW/ - Effective immediately,
TD Asset Management Inc. (TDAM) announced that it is permanently
reducing the management fees on six of its broad market index TD
Exchange-Traded Funds (TD ETFs), after waiving a portion of these
management fees since October 21,
2020.
"The management fee reductions are an example of TDAM's
commitment to helping investors reach their long-term goals by
making the TD ETFs more affordable", said Bruce Cooper, Chief Executive Officer, TDAM.
After these management fee reductions, the TD ETFs will be among
the lowest priced broad market index exchange-traded funds in
Canada.
The six TD ETFs and corresponding management fees, after the fee
reduction, are outlined in the following table:
TD
ETF
|
Ticker
|
Current
Management
Fee
|
Reduced
Management
Fee
|
TD Canadian Aggregate
Bond Index ETF
|
TDB
|
0.08%
|
0.07%
|
TD Canadian Equity
Index ETF
|
TTP
|
0.05%
|
0.04%
|
TD U.S. Equity Index
ETF
|
TPU
|
0.08%
|
0.06%
|
TD U.S. Equity CAD
Hedged Index ETF
|
THU
|
0.08%
|
0.06%
|
TD International
Equity Index ETF
|
TPE
|
0.18%
|
0.17%
|
TD International
Equity CAD Hedged Index ETF
|
THE
|
0.18%
|
0.17%
|
"TDAM continues to provide investors with an expanded suite of
exchange-traded funds that capitalize on our expertise including
actively managed funds, quantitative strategies, fixed income
solutions and more recently, our three new ESG index
solutions," Cooper said. "As always, we strive to provide
investors with high value exchange-traded funds backed by our
expertise, depth of experience and competitively-priced
solutions".
Additional information about the TD ETFs, including the
prospectus and ETF Facts, can be found at
www.tdassetmanagement.com.
Commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated
with investments in exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Please read the
prospectus and ETF Facts before investing. ETFs are not guaranteed,
their values change frequently and past performance may not be
repeated. ETF units are bought and sold at market price on a stock
exchange and brokerage commissions will reduce returns.
The TD Canadian Aggregate Bond Index ETF, TD Canadian Equity
Index ETF, TD U.S. Equity Index ETF, TD U.S. Equity CAD Hedged
Index ETF, TD International Equity Index ETF and TD International
Equity CAD Hedged Index ETF (the "TD Index ETFs") are not
sponsored, promoted, sold or supported in any other manner by
Solactive AG nor does Solactive AG offer any express or implicit
guarantee or assurance either with regard to the results of using
the Index (as defined below) and/or any trade mark(s) associated
with the Index or the price of the Index at any time or in any
other respect. The Solactive Broad Canadian Bond Universe TR Index,
Solactive Canada Broad Market Index (CA NTR), Solactive US Large
Cap CAD Index (CA NTR), Solactive US Large Cap Hedged to CAD
Index (CA NTR), Solactive GBS Developed Markets ex North
America Large & Mid Cap CAD Index (CA NTR) and Solactive
GBS Developed Markets ex North America Large & Mid Cap Hedged
to CAD Index (CA NTR) are calculated and published by
Solactive AG. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that the
Indexes are calculated correctly.
TD ETFs are managed by TD Asset Management Inc., a wholly-owned
subsidiary of The Toronto-Dominion Bank.
®The TD logo and other trademarks are the property of The
Toronto-Dominion Bank or its subsidiaries.
About TDAM
TD Asset Management (TDAM), a member of TD Bank Group, is a
North American investment management firm. Operating through TD
Asset Management Inc. in Canada
and TDAM USA Inc. in the U.S.,
TDAM brings new thinking to investors' most important challenges.
TDAM offers investment solutions to corporations, pension funds,
endowments, foundations and individual investors. Additionally,
TDAM manages assets on behalf of almost 2 million retail investors
and offers a broadly diversified suite of investment solutions
including mutual funds, professionally managed portfolios and
corporate class funds. Asset management businesses at TD manage
$407 billion in assets as at
December 31, 2020. Assets under
management include TD Asset Management Inc., TDAM USA Inc. and Epoch Investment Partners Inc.
(Epoch). All entities are wholly-owned subsidiaries of The
Toronto-Dominion Bank.
SOURCE TD Asset Management Inc.